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Complete stories / Dorothy Parker ; edited by Colleen Breese ; with an introduction by Regina Barreca.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Penguin Books, 2003.Description: xxvii, 447 p. ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 0142437212 (pbk.) :
  • 9780142437216
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Contents:
Such a pretty little picture -- Too bad -- Mr. Durant -- A certain lady -- The wonderful old gentleman -- Dialogue at three in the morning -- The last tea -- Oh! He's charming! -- Travelogue -- Little Curtis -- The sexes -- Arrangement in black and white -- A telephone call -- A terrible day tomorrow -- Just a little one -- The mantle of Whistler -- The garter -- New York to Detroit -- Big blonde -- You were perfectly fine -- The cradle of civilization -- But the one on the right -- Here we are -- Lady with a lamp -- Dusk before fireworks -- A young woman in green lace -- Horsie -- Advice to the little Peyton girl -- From the diary of a New York lady -- Sentiment -- Mrs. Carrington and Mrs. Crane -- The little hours -- The Waltz -- The road home -- Glory in the daytime -- Cousin Larry -- Mrs. Hofstadter on Josephine Street -- Clothe the naked -- Soldiers of the republic -- The custard heart -- Song of the shirt, 1941 -- The standard of living -- The lovely leave -- The game -- I live on your visits -- Lolita -- the banquet of crow -- The bolt behind the blue -- Our Tuesday Club -- As the spirit moves -- A dinner party anthology -- A summer hotel anthology -- An apartment house anthology -- Men I'm not married to -- Welcome home -- Our own crowd -- Professional youth.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Fiction Parker, Dorothy Available 33111006731521
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

'To say that Mrs. Parker writes well is as fatuous, I'm afraid, as proclaiming that Cellini was clever with his hands . . . The trick about her writing is the trick about Ring Lardner's writing or Ernest Hemingway's writing. There is no trick.'
- Ogden Nash

Dorothy parker's quips and light verse have become part of the American literary landscape, but, as this collection of her complete short stories demonstrates, Parker's talents extended far beyond brash one-liners and clever rhymes.

This collection features Parker's best-known tales ('Big Blonde,' 'A Telephone Call,' and 'The Lovely Leave' among them), as well as thirteen stories never previously collected. There is also a selection of sketches, including 'A Dinner Party Anthology' and 'Men I'm Not Married To,' in which Parker sardonically reflects on some familiar social and emotion realities.

Edited by COLLEEN BREESE
With an Introduction by REGINA BARRECA


Includes bibliographical references (p. xxi-xxii).

Such a pretty little picture -- Too bad -- Mr. Durant -- A certain lady -- The wonderful old gentleman -- Dialogue at three in the morning -- The last tea -- Oh! He's charming! -- Travelogue -- Little Curtis -- The sexes -- Arrangement in black and white -- A telephone call -- A terrible day tomorrow -- Just a little one -- The mantle of Whistler -- The garter -- New York to Detroit -- Big blonde -- You were perfectly fine -- The cradle of civilization -- But the one on the right -- Here we are -- Lady with a lamp -- Dusk before fireworks -- A young woman in green lace -- Horsie -- Advice to the little Peyton girl -- From the diary of a New York lady -- Sentiment -- Mrs. Carrington and Mrs. Crane -- The little hours -- The Waltz -- The road home -- Glory in the daytime -- Cousin Larry -- Mrs. Hofstadter on Josephine Street -- Clothe the naked -- Soldiers of the republic -- The custard heart -- Song of the shirt, 1941 -- The standard of living -- The lovely leave -- The game -- I live on your visits -- Lolita -- the banquet of crow -- The bolt behind the blue -- Our Tuesday Club -- As the spirit moves -- A dinner party anthology -- A summer hotel anthology -- An apartment house anthology -- Men I'm not married to -- Welcome home -- Our own crowd -- Professional youth.

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